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- According to Brinton's history, "He remained on his father's farm until after the Revolution. He was a loyal patriot and wore a blue coat and cocked hat in spite of the shock to his Quaker relatives. Caspar Wistar, whose name marks a bridge over the Brandywine nearby, purchased his farm in 1782. Through his patriotism he insisted upon Continental notes in payment, and these soon became worthless."
According to the Darlington history, his wife was "b. in Birmhingham [Chester Co.]; was m. 12m. 28, 1763 at Birmingham Meeting, to John Brinton, of Kennet (now Pocopson township, son of John and Hannah (Vernon) Brinton, of that place. John Brinton, the elder, was a brother to Edward Brinton, whose daughter was the wife of Thomas Darlington. . . . Rebecca lived but a few years after marriage, and in 1770 John married a second wife, Phoebe Osborne, daughter of Samuel and Francis Osborne. For this marraige, ‘by a priest,' he was disowned 3m 6, 1771. About 1776 he married a third wife, Mary Rogers, widow of Robert Rogers. John Rogers, a son of the last wife, says of his step-father that he had two children by the first wife and three by the second.
"John Brinton's residence was on the hill above Lenape Station. At the time of the Battle of Brandywine some of the British soldiers passed by, and finding the owner of the property a strong sympathizer with the American cause, arrested him and with threats compelled him to Hurrah for King George, to which he defianty added ‘Washington!' Finding him incorrigible they took him a prisoner to Philadelphia, where he suffered much abuse and hardship. His step-son says that he went as a volunteer in the American Army, and when he returned home, by his intemperance and mismanagement, he spent the whole of his property and became poor, and worked at his trade, which was that of a tailor.
"He was probably obliged to mortgage the property in order to pay legacies to his brothers and sisters, and the indebtedness increased until finally Sheriff John Gardner conveyed the homestead, August 1, 1782, to John Franklin, of Philadelphia. In 1785 it passed into the possession of Caspar Wistar, whence came the name fo Wistar's Ford, on the Brandywine. In 1837 the property was conveyed by Sarah Pennock, daughter of Caspar Wistar, to John Entriken, who resided there many year [sic].
"John Brinton died in West Bradford, at the residence of his son-in-law George Entriken, December 4, 1825, in his 87th year." [4, 5]
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